Tuesday, 18 May 2010

When I got up that morning - I had butterflies in my tummy - a whole day and then dinner with 60 crafters and bloggers - meeting, chatting, sewing, drinking and eating - the whole darn day and late into the night!!!

I was not disappointed - I met so many lovely people that day that it was just a little overwhelming, and I only met half of the room!

So so good meeting Sheridan, Donna, Susie from interstate and Lara (again)- all part of the Around the Block Swap - see here for a scary photo of us at dinner!

Spent some lovely time with Claire too. Thanks so much for the lift too!!

We got a show bag and a name tag on a long red string - all telling us who we were and where we were - just in case we got confused hehe

I got a name tag with some lightening bugs on it - we had to find 3 others with the same tag - the room was full of frenzied women!! Our group thought we got all of our team first and pushed our way to the Boss, to get a prize, only to find someone else got there first - we all just laughed!

And that is how the day began at 9am in the morning!!

In our show bag - stuff was simply donated by lots of sponsers for the day and boy, did we get lots and lots of good things:

Picture one shows bamboo needles from Donna of Craftjunk; fabric from theozmaterialgals and hexagon kit from Retromummy; a gorgeous notebook covered with bunnies and my doorprize for the day - Dilbert by Melly & Me!!

These little lovelies are from Cass of Snailblazer for being in the Snailblazer Swap - all very vintage and oh so sweet:

And these are my swapped presents - remember the S(crap) baskets I made in the last post? - well I am going to have to lift my game if I am doing this again - what a stash!!

My sincerest apologies that I am not sure of who they were from exactly - I know that is so rude - but it was all very exciting and I could not keep up with all the new people I was meeting and seeing more people I was yet to meet and...... well, the felted flower is from Susan, Anti-bag (to put your i-phone and card in) are from Susie, Tissue holder from Andi and the other really gorgeous things are from really gorgeous people (I'm sure).

Only got a few shots of the day - the room was not this yellow and was this full and more so:

Susie from Yarnplanner - knitting vertically!!

This was my work for the day - only 1/2 a block done - lots of people came over and thought I was crazy doing this quilt-along - though most wanted to!!

Lizzie from A house in the Country on the right telling someone off?? and Head Girl / Event Organiser Extraordinaire Sheridan on the left (with my scrap bag as raffle drawer, sweet!)

I like this shot so it stays!

Sheridan (Chaletgirl) and her trusty side-kick Donna (Craftjunk) have done a tremendous thing in putting a dream, a wish, a desire to meet people in one spot, who are from all over Australia, NZ and even a UK (ex-Ballarat) blow-in, Hi Trash!, who have one thing in common - we like to craft and we can't stop talking about it.

Friday, 7 May 2010

Lookie lookie at my new toy! My girls love the pink/purple case the best! No-one can agree on the colour

I just downloaded for $5 this app - I think it is going to be a fave!!.

The blocks are set out very easily - though I did have to make a trial block (just a 3 piece one) to check size description - this is not the first time instructions tell you a certain size, but it is the size without seam allowances ie block size within quilt, not block size finished off the sewing machine, as I would describe it. Anyone else have this problem? No?, just me, maybe.

These two are for Susie of Yarnplanner - a space theme for her son Gryff - even has Gryff fabric from Spoonflower - great choice!! A wonky star and a wonky space scene, well, that's what I'm calling it!

These two are for Rachel of Fourwisemonkeys - squares and rectangles are requested for her two boys - they will each choose their blocks and have matching but different quilts for their beds. Love the blue paisley - which reminds me of another blue paisley I apparently won in a blog comp but never ever received, despite hints, email and post comments - well, what can you do?

This one is for Viv of Highway Cottage, in NZ for the Australasian Bee - a big piece of calico and lots of little bits made up into this abstractness - Viv wanted 1.5inch squares, triangles or rectangles in a line of some sort - I enjoy arranging them in colour and value order.

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About Me

Mum of 2 gorgeous girls, wife of 1 gorgeous husband, carer and cuddler of 2 skinny dogs.
Quilts are my thing; I like to potter with my fabrics, cutting up and putting back together in all sorts of interesting ways....
I love to recycle old stuff off the street (its not stealing if nobody wants it!)and I am happy when my boxing gloves give a really good 'whack' sound!
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